[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3260]
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  SA 1756. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following

     SEC. ____. EXPANSION OF OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY OF DEPARTMENT 
                   OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE OPEN BURN PITS 
                   USED IN SYRIA AND EGYPT.

       Section 201(c)(2) of the Dignified Burial and Other 
     Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-
     260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended, in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A), by striking ``or Iraq'' and inserting ``, 
     Iraq, Syria, or Egypt''.
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